Non-refillable bottle.



I, n. LAOROIX. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1912Patented July 16, 1912.

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' TOSEPH D. LACROIX, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILSON DIS-TILLING COMPANY, OF YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF JERSEY.

TON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

To all whom ttrma y concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. LACROIX, a.

citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-RefillableBottles, fully describednand part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in so-called non-refillablebottles, the invention having referencev to a novel construction ofvalve mechanism and operating weightvalvefand also to bathe mechanismpreventing the insertion of a vire or other valve tampering implen'ientinto the bottle neck.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a vertical sectional elevationof a bottle equipped with the present improvements in their preferredform. Fig. 2 is a similar jqSliJlOILf Fig. '3 is a similar view with the1 ,bottle 1n pouring position, that 1s to say,

- tilted below the horizontal; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 ofFig. 1.

Referring to said drawings, 1 represents the bottle body and 2 thebottle neck secured thereto by a metal band 3, portions of which arespun over a shoulder 4 on the bottle neck and into depressions 5 on theneck portion of the bottle body, substantially as shown and described inLetters Patent to Lacroix and Switzer, No. 1,016,112, dated January 30,1912. The mouth of the bottle neck is provided with a contracted pouringopening (3, and beneath the same with a valve chamber 7, inthe lower endofwhich is suitably secured a flanged disk 8, having a central opening9, and at its upper end a valve seat 10. ()n tlns valve seat 10 s sealeda, valve.

11 of frustwcoxdcal shape and on the'latter in turn rests atrusto-conical weight 12. The

- will have a tendency to tilt away from the valve seat, such tiltingmovement, however, being, up to this point, prevented by'theSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 18, 1912.Serial No. 691,630.

Patented Julyifi, 1912.

weight 12, which, it will be observed, is

tilted toward the valve seat, thereby holding the valve 11 against itsseat and closing the.

opening 9 through the valve seat. The parts continue in this positionuntil the bottle has been, tilted from the horizontal position shown inE 2, toward the partially inverted position shown in Fig. 3, inapproaching which, or in reaching which, the weight 12 Will be tilted inthe opposite direction,

.that is to say, away from the valve seat 10,

thus permitting the valve 11 to tilt open, the liquid then issuing fromthe bottle moving the valve 11 bodily away from its seat. As the bottleis restored to vertical position, and nears horizontal position, weight12 will again tilt toward the valve seat and thus move the valve 11against its seat, as shown in Fig. 2. When the bottle reaches anupriglrt position, the valve 11 and weight 12 v will, of course, assumethe they are shown-in Fig. 1. o

It will be observed that the opening and closing movements of the valve11 are'very abrupt or quick acting, which is a very desirable feature innon-refillable bottles, and it will also be observed that such movementsare the result mainly of the peculiar construction and arrangement ofthe weight 12, which tilts in one direction or the other as it passesfrom horizontal to inverted osition, or vice versa. In tilting to androm positions in which the valve seat, the weight 12 aets against the!side wall of the valve chamber 7, while the valve 11 in tilting to andfrom its seat 10 does so by engagement, at a point at or nearits upperend, with the side and upper walls of the valve chamber 7; such walls,for the purpose of permitting the passage of liquid past the weight 12and also for the purpose,

of minimizing the surface area of contact between the weight 12 and saidwall, being ribbed vertically and horizontally. as shown at 13, 14. Suchabrupt or quick opening and closing movements of the valve are furthersecured by the peculiar construction of that portion'l.namely, the lowerend. of the vertical wall of the valve chamber 7, with which the side ofthe valve engages in opening-and closing, such portion of the wall beinginclined as shown at 15. so that 'the engagement between the valve andthe wall in the opening and closing movement of the valve will be at apoint midway of the length or height of the valve and not at either end.

It will be observed that the weight 12, in closing the valve, movesinwardly from the outer edge of the valve toward its center, and that inreleasing the valve it moves in the opposite direction, its closingaction upon the valve being cam-like.

In addition to the foregoing novel features, the construction shown hasanother novel feature, namely, that it renders the employment of a fixedand substantially central bafile member unnecessary. This result isobtained by making the weight 12 of greater width than the pouringopening 6 and by so shaping, proportioning and arranging said weight andopening relatively to each other that in all the positions of the-'bottle any wire or other implement introduced into the pouring opening6 will be intercepted and prevented from passing down into engagementwith the valve by the weight 12 which for better insuring suchinterception of the valve-tampering implement is provided with thevertical rib or flange 16. The elimination of such stationary andsubstantially central bafile member is one of considerable importance,in that its omission materially reduces the cost of production of thebottle neck.

The opening 17 is provided in the valve 11 for the purpose of preventingthe formation of a partial vacuum in the bottle, due to the contractionof the liquid therein, if it be volatile, by reason of low temperatures.

The opening is sufficient in size to provide for the entrance of air tothe underside of 1 the valve 11, so that air pressure on both sidesthereof will be equal, but it is not large enough. to permit theintroduction of any substantial amount of liquidthrough it.

"What is claimed is:

1. A non-refillable bottle having a neck in two parts suitably securedtogether one above the other, the upper one being provided with acontracted portion having a pouring f opening and beneath saidcontracted portion with a larger valve chamber insertedin' which are avalve seat, nonintegral with the bottle body or neck. a tiltable valveseated thereon, and a tiltable weight resting upon said valve, saidopening and weight being so shaped, proportioned and arranged relativelyto each other that in all positions of the bottle a valv'e-tam mringimplement introduc d into the bottle neck .will be intercepted by theweight, the sides of said weight and the walls of the valve chamberbeing relatively inclined so that while the bottle is being inverted theweight will be tilted to valve-closing posi tion until the bottle haspassed beyond horizontal position and will then tilt away fromvalve-closing position.

2. A non-refillable bottle having a neck in two parts suitably securedtogether one i above the other, the upper onebeing provlded with acontracted portion havinga pouring opening and beneath, said contractedportion with a larger valve chamber inserted in which are a valve seat,non-integral with the bottle body or neck, a tiltable valve seatedthereon, and a tiltable weight resting upon said valve, said opening andWeight being so shaped, proportioned and arranged relatively to eachother that in all positions of the bottle a valveta1npering implementintroduced into the bottle neck will be intercept'ed by the weight, thesides of said valve and the walls of the valve chamber being relativelyinclined so that the valve will tend to tilt open while the bottle isbeing inverted, and the sides of said weight and the walls of the valvechamber being relatively inclined so that while the bottleis beinginverted the weightwill be tilted to valvebeyond horizontal position andwill then tilt away from valve-closing position. v v 3. A non-refillablebottle having a. neck in two parts suitably secured together one abovethe other, the upper one being provlded with a contracted portion havinga pouring openmg and beneath saidcontracted portion with a larger valvechamber inserted in which are a valve seat, non-integral with the bottlebody or neck, a tiltable valve seated thereon, and a tiltable weightresting upon said valve, said opening and weight being so shaped,proportioned and arranged relatively to each other that in all positionsof the bottle a valve-tampering implement introduced into the bottleneck will be intercepted by the weight, the sides of said weight beininclined so thatwhile the bottle is being inverted the weight will betilted to valve-closing position until the bottle has passed beyondhorizontal position and will then tilt away from valve-closing position.

4. A non-refillable bottle having a neck in two parts suitably securedtogether i one above the other, the upper one being provided with acontracted portion having a pouring opening and beneath said contractedportion with a larger valve chamber inserted in which are a valve seat,non-integral with the bottle body'or neck, a tiltable valve seatedthereon, and a tiltable weight resting upon said valve, said opening andweight being so shaped, proportioned and arranged relativelyto eachother that in all'positions ot' the bottle a valve-tampering implementintroduced into the-bottle neck Willbe intercepted by the weight, thesides of said valve being inclined so that it.will tend to open whilethe bottle is being inverted, and the sides of said weight and the wallsof the weight will be tilted to valveclosing posi-' .closing positionuntil the bottle has passed tion until the bottle has passed beyondhorizontal position and will then tilt away from valve-closing position.

A non-refillable bottle having a neck in two parts suitably securedtogether one above the other, the upper one being provided With acontracted portion having a pouring opening 6 and beneath said con--tracted portion with a larger valve chamber inserted in which are avalve seat, non intesgral With the bottle body or neck, a frust'oconicaltiltable valve 11 seated at its lower edge thereon, and an invertedfrusto-conical tiltable Weight resting upon said valve, said opening andWeight being so shaped, proportioned and ariianged relatively to eachother that in all. positions of the bottle a valve-tampering implementintroduced into the bottle neck will be intercepted by the weight, thesides oiisaid weight .nnd the walls of the valve chamber beingrelativelyinclined so that while the bottle is being in verted the weight will betilted to valveclosing position until the bottle has passed beyondhorizontal position and will then tilt away from valve-closing position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH D. LAOROIX.

Witnesses:

J. A. GRAVES, P. N. TILDEN.

